, 1887-06-16
Scotch and Irish Farmers.

E"ToE AEGU=:- In The universal COM
inn:I"n aud hawiiug cries to redress
OLD ITelnud's wrongs" It is refreshing
to meet with 50 more reasonable COM
HicHtS, as found in the colu.aLs Of th,.
New York press of recent date, in which
the writer asks the question: Can any
one tel Us why there Is SO fnuch SYM
pathy Old Ireland, and so little for Bon
ME Scotiand:' For tie last three
ouths there has been almost IA c0ntin-
ued growl from ireland, and the Irish
rows III the British Parliament remind
one OF Donuy brook Fair. We seldom
hear howl from the Scotch farmers, or
OF any great mass meetings 10 bel? them.
Tins when they are paying as big rents,
as the Irish farmers, and church tithes
that (thanks To Gladstone) are not col
lected IL Ireland any more.
When Il Scotch farmer IS not able to
pay his rent, he never thinks OF shooting
the landlord, or blowing up the House
oS Parliament with dynamite, or cursiug
the good queen of England, and the
British government. Every well doing
Irish farmer IN the United States of
America coercas his tenauts-at least
they must pay thcir re3ts lie elects
them il they fail to make full payments.
| When our rich Irishmeu aud our poll
ticians hold great meetings 20 condemn
the oppression and tyTaIay Of tie Brit
ISL Government, because it obliges men
to pay their debts, and their rents, they
stand self condemned, for that is Just
what every good business man in Amer
lea does about every day CT his life.
| There is said to be 4 mortgage on half of
the farms in many parts Of the states
Now, paying interest on Il mortgage is
Just as oppressive as paying 4 rent.
VIXEN markets aie low and crops fail,
there Is nothing surer than mortgage
to coerce aud eyict man out of his
home and farm, when be fails to pay his
interest III full.
would like to see the Greene Isle
that Tom Moore sang of-a very paradise
OF peace and plenty. would like to see
every thing done that Is reasonable aud
right to redress all OF "U!d Ireland's
wrongs" II there IS TO other way Of
turning Irish hatred os Britain into love,
but by granting them home rule, why
give them home rule 10 their hearts con-
| tent. Give them a Parliament on Col
lege Green. Let wgywaTd Ireland de-
part in peace. Crown Parnell king OF
Dablin, and LET us see if he can establish
better government than the British rule,
which has done more to c.vilize and
christianizs humanity than any other in
the round world. We shall all rejoice
to hear OF IEeiaDd's peace and prosperity
AID shout of jny from Cork instead of
a continual vail OF woe.
OgsEEvER
San Juan leland June, 1887.
The question is not as to the ability
OF Ireland to establish 4 better gov
ernment than EnG!and's, but as 10
her right of SELF government. 1t is
not so much that rents are collected
in Ireland, rs that the landlords are
nun-residcnts. holding their estates
by feudal titles, and that the rents
collected by them are With few ex-
ceptions taken out Of the country,
draining it of its current specie
Scotchmen are doubtless more thrifty,
but that has little to do with Ire
lands wrongs. In Washington ter
ritory it is not SO much that we
can improve upon the national gov
ernmant, as that We are entitled to
state government Of cur own. We
are situated, III one respect, very
much as Ireland is.